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Girl Scouts World Thinking Day – Saturday February 17 2018

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Joel

Lily’s Girl Scout Troop organized this year’s Girl Scouts World Thinking Day event at a local elementary school on Feb 17th. Each of the participating troops put together a table to educate on another country. They all had food, crafts, … Continue reading →

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Scout Sunday 2018 at St. David’s Episcopal Church

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Joel

We recently attended church at St. David’s Episcopal Church in nearby Cranbury, as they like to honor local scouts as part of “Scout Sunday.” Our church doesn’t have any scouts, besides Josh and Lily, so we’ve started visiting St. David’s for … Continue reading →

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Lily at the 18th Annual Acolyte Festival of the Diocese of of NJ – Saturday Feb 10 2018

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Joel

Lily spent a day at the 18th Annual Acolyte Festival of the Diocese of of NJ down in Trenton. She’s only 9 (almost 10), but spent a day with other kids and adults in various workshops. She also had members from … Continue reading →

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Snowy day

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Joel

We haven’t experienced much snow this season. One heavy snowfall last month that was a good 5-6 inches. Glad the snow thrower started up. After a recent snowfall, I went to take out the trash, and I thought the house … Continue reading →

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Lily and the Spelling Bee

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Joel

On January 30th, Lily competed in a district spelling bee organized by the Hightstown Juniorettes, her first ever spelling bee. She spent the past three weeks studying words, and we were helping her practice. The day of the spelling bee, … Continue reading →

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We bought ourselves a new KitchenAid cooktop

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Joel

First new home improvement for 2018 – a new cooktop. We started looking late last year, but didn’t find very much that we liked. Even then, it’s a bit of a process: Go to a home improvement store and find … Continue reading →

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We went to see Trevor Noah at Radio City Music Hall

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Joel

Christmas, my wife bought me (us?) two tickets to see Trevor Noah at Radio City Music Hall on Friday Jan 12th. The big evening finally arrived. I took off Friday, and we left around 5 pm. We hit some serious … Continue reading →

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Mazel Tov! Celebrating Kayla’s Bat Mitzvah

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Joel

During the last days of 2017, we attended our very first ever Bat Mitzvah ceremony and… reception? for a wonderful girl down the street, Kayla. We’re friends with the parents, and we felt very… honored to be invited to partake … Continue reading →

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The Ipes completed the LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V set and it’s pretty impressive

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Joel

During the week between Christmas and New Year’s, Joshua, Lily, and I started a major endeavor – assembling the 1,969 piece Lego NASA Apollo Saturn V set. Growing up, I was a huge fan of the NASA space program. The … Continue reading →

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My reflections on 2017 and what lies ahead for us in 2018

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Joel

If you thought the U.S. Presidential election made 2016 exhausting, 2017 was like a dumpster fire politically. Ah well. There is so much that I want to comment on, especially the level of vitriol, repressed racist beliefs, etc bubbling under … Continue reading →

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